Color Me Green

Happy St. Patrick's Day stampin' friends!!  Are you getting your GREEN on today?  The girls over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration sure are!  In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we are sharing creations in our favorite shades of green.

 

I'm still mourning the loss of Lucky Limeade, but I do have a new love for Mossy Meadow.  It's such a bold and rich shade of green! I kind of got a little carried away with this card, but in the end, I was pretty happy with how it all came together.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Watercolor, Gold Foil, Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack*

Ink ~ Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, VersaMark

Stamp Sets ~ Papillon Potpourri, Regarding Dahlias

Other Supplies ~ Butterfly Thinlits (not available...boo!), Butterfly Punches, Gold Basic Metal Buttons, Mossy Meadow Satin Ribbon, Whisper White Bakers Twine, White Embossing Powder, Aqua Painter, On Film Framelits

 

I hope you have your GREEN on today and have fun with any St. Patty's Day festivities you may have in store!

 

Happy Stamping!!

 

 

 

 



PINspiration

What did we EVER do before Pinterest?!?!  I can waste hours of my day scrolling through all of the pins...HOURS!  But what a great invention, especially for those of us who love to CREATE!  If I ever get in a slump and can't figure out what to stamp, I turn to Pinterest for some inspiration. 

I've been looking at this butterfly card, by Lime Doodle Design, for a few weeks and loved the CAS look.  The velum butterfly gives her card such a pretty look and I just had to CASE her design.

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Velum

Ink ~ Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder, Jet Black StazOn

Stamp Sets ~ Papillion Potpourri, Simply Sketched

Other Supplies ~ Butterfly Punch

 

Sometimes it is very difficult for me to create a CAS card, but when I force myself to put the embellishments away, I'm always happy with the end result.  Sometimes the simplest card can make the biggest statement!

 

Be sure to check out the other PINspiring creations from the ladies over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.

 

Happy Stamping!



Simple {Stems} Thank You

Happy Monday!  We are lucky enough to have another beautiful day of sunshine today, but rumor has it, it may be our last for a day or two.  If we can have nice weather on the weekends, I can deal with the crummy weather during the week!

I had some extra time this morning before the rest of my house woke up and had time to stamp...hooray!  That makes for a great Monday!  And what makes it even better?  Playing with new goodies!  I told myself I wasn't going to buy anymore flower stamp sets, but my will power disappeared after seeing one to many fun cards with the Simple Stems stamp set.

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Silver Foil, Silver Fancy Foil Velum

Ink ~ Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Gumball Green

Stamp Sets ~ Simple Stems, Hip Notes, Papillion Potpourri

Other Supplies ~ Mini Butterfly Punch

 

This is a pretty simple card, but the silver foil and velum really dress it up!

 

Hope you find some time to stamp today too!

 

Happy Monday!

 



The Early Bird gets the worm

This is so true in so many ways in my life!  I am an early morning riser, up before the sun and getting things done.  Today is no different...I'm up and at 'em, getting ready to "Leave the City Behind" and conquer the Helvatia Half Marathon!  This will be my 4th half marathon, but my first one since I had my last son, almost 2 years ago.  I'm excited, nervous, nauseous....but most of all this Early Bird is ready to run!!!

What else does being an Early Bird do for you?!?!?  Well this weekend if you are one of the first 50 people to register for the Inky Fingers Club 2013 Summer Session Special, you get the Early Bird Discount of $19.95.  What is the Inky Fingers Club 2013 Summer Session you ask?  Well, it's a group of AWESOME Guest Designers who will provide you with over 50 Exclusive Designs including 14 Daily Tutorials with step by step instructions using all NEW Stampin' Up! Products.  There will be daily challenges with prizes, including original artwork from the Guest Designers.  How cool is that?!?!?  So don't wait!  Register this weekend and get your Early Bird Discount!  Be sure to let me know when you register...you could win more prizes!  Send me an email at brrenwick@charter.net

Before I head out the door and get ready to tackle 13.1 miles, I'll leave you with a card...

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Coastal Cabana, Modern Medley

Ink ~ Coastal Cabana, Jet Black StazOn

Stamp Sets ~ Swallowtail, Papillion Potpourri

Other Supplies ~ Black and Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Butterfly Punch, Dazzling Details

 

Now go on and catch that worm!!!!

 

Happy Stamping!!

Washi'ing you a Happy Birthday

Who loves Washi Tape and all that can be done with it?  I don't know about you, but I sure love it!!!  I was so happy when Stampin' Up! introduced Washi Tape with the new This and That Journal and I was even happier to see more in the new catalog!!! 

It's Tuesday and that means it's time for a new sketch at Try Stampin' On Tuesday.  This sketch all but screamed Washi Tape at me, so I happily pulled out my new goodies and got to work on my lunch break today. 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

Ink ~ Melon Mambo, Island Indigo

Stamp Sets ~ Label Love, Papillion Potpourri

Other Supplies ~ Gingham Garden Washi Tape, Artisan Label Punch, Bitty Butterfly and Butterfly Punch, Basic Rhinestones

I love how quickly a card comes together when you are using Washi Tape...and it adds so much to a card!  The bright colors are so cheerful and perfect for a birthday :)  My mother-in-law's birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I think I will send this to her!

Happy Stamping!!!

Bold Butterfly CASE

When I first saw the colors in the latest Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge, I was a bit stumped by what to do with these colors...

But after seeing the design team cards, I was totally inspired by the bold butterfly on Erika's card.  Her bright, beautiful butterfly and the color challenge helped me to come up with a card for Mother's Day for my mother-in-law.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Real Red

Ink ~ Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Summer Starfruit, Real Red

Stamp Sets ~ Swallowtail, Papillion Potpourri, Family Reunion, En Francias
Other Supplies ~ Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Decorative Punch, Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, In Color Dahlias, Fancy Fan Folder

I love that the new ink pads keep the stamped image wet just long enough to be able to emboss them...the Iridescent Ice embossing folder gave the butterfly just the right amount of bling for my momma-in-law :)

This was a fun color challenge and pushed me a bit, which is why I love these challenges so much!!!  Thanks for keeping me crafting :)

Happy Stamping!

Just Believe...

...in a few short weeks we will say good-by to some of our favorite stamp sets as they settle into their retirement.  It's always a bitter sweet time for me to go through all of my sets that will retire...sad to see them go, but so happy to make room for new rubber!

I'm making an effort to get one last card made using each of my soon to be retired stamp sets, and Just Believe is one of my favorites!  This weeks sketch from Allisa over at Freshly Made Sketches is a perfect fit for this stamp set.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Ink ~ Jet Black StazOn

Stamp Sets ~ Just Believe Papillion Potpourri

Other Supplies ~ Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Bitty Butterfly Punch

Isn't this set so pretty?  This may just be one that I can't part with in the end...it's so hard to let some of them go!

Don't forget to check out the Retiring Product and get all of your favorite things before they are gone for good!

Happy Stamping!

Suffering from Craft-somnia...

The craziness of birthday's and Christmas has come to an end for another year...always bitter sweet for me!  I love all of the party planning and time spent with friends and family, but I do always breath a sigh of relief when it is all over.  This also brings an end to my Christmas crafting and lets me get back to all of my new stamps from my Spring Catalog pre-order.  Just a few more days and you will all be able to order all of the FUN new goodies...mark your calendar for January 3rd!

My hubby got called out on Portland transfer just before dinner tonight and won't be home until the wee hours of the morning, so after I got the kiddos into bed and wrapped up my nightly chores, I headed down to my craft room and got to work.  I managed to get 3 cards made tonight...yay!  Craft-somnia has hit again!  I am in love with the new Tea for Two DSP and just had to break it out again tonight, along with a few other new goodies.

This card was designed using the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday.  This is one of my favorite sites for sketch ideas!  Here is what they had for us this week:

And here is my take (and a Spring Catalog sneak peek for you)...I opted not to do a square card, but the sketch idea is still there.  And you might notice that part of this card is CASE'd from the Spring Catalog :)

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Tea for Two DSP

Ink ~ Island Indigo, So Saffron(inside card)

Stamp Sets ~ Oh, Hello, Papillion Potpourri(inside card), Make a Wish(inside card)

Other Supplies ~ Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Perfect Pennants Bigz Die, Island Indigo Bakers Twine, Pearl Basic Jewels

Don't you just love that little Bitty Butterfly?!?!?  So cute!  And perfect with this DSP!

Here's the inside of the card:

I'm pretty sure I could keep on stampin' for a few more hours, but I am certain that I would regret it tomorrow morning when my alarm goes off!  I'll have to put the rest of my crafty ideas on hold for a few hours...

Happy Stamping!